If anyone is near the SEVENOAKS BOOKSHOP at 1pm on WEDNESDAY 27th, do pop in. (No ticket required!) I shall be chatting about my Hampton Court Palace crime novel, MURDER AT THE PALACE! #murdermystery #crimefiction #cosycrime #whodunit

🗡️MURDER AT THE PALACE🩸is out in paperback on 14 August and Reverend Weaver is correct, he is in the book! (It’s me really, dressed up. Did you guess?😁)

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I’m a grandad!! Jane’s a grandma!!❤️ GEORGE HENRY WARD Born 1st August, 8:30pm Weight 6lbs 12oz.

Lunch in an Italian restaurant called Amore - 33 years on from the day that we got married and went on honeymoon to Italy. Then standing in the same spot at the church for a photo 33 years on - almost to the minute!

Waiting for the Lionesses to do the Italian Job. COME ON ENGLAND! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

HOLY MOLY! 😮 My three Kember and Hayes mysteries are cheaper than chips! Get ‘em while they’re hot!🔥 - A Quiet Place to Kill - A Silent Way to Die - A Perfect Way to Murder 99p in the UK and … 1:49 AUD tinyurl.com/28j3nd36 Please retweet the hell out of this! 🤞

Ooh, shiny audio books of MURDER AT THE PALACE have arrived! Please leave a review on Amazon whatever the format you enjoy it in.

Always a good feeling to be on a new book list. #crimefiction #booksky #reader

If you spot my new book in the wild, please can you post a photo and tag me? 🙏🏻 Ta muchly. #crimefiction #booksky #reader

Had a great time being interviewed about MURDER AT THE PALACE at Hampton Court this evening. Thank you Historic Royal Palaces, Orion Crime @leodora.bsky.social and @nelleandrew.bsky.social

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! 📚 @katekemp.bsky.social's debut set on a suburban street in 70s australia, where everything is not as it seems. @neildaws.bsky.social has a new page turning mystery Murder at the Palace And @anxietyjosh.bsky.social's And How Does it Make You Feel? is out in paperback!

PUBLICATION DAY!🎈📚 Woo hoo!

My article about ‘grace & favour’ at Hampton Court Palace for Historia (link below) ties in with my latest book: MURDER AT THE PALACE. I hope readers get a sense of time and place because it was great fun to write a proper cosy crime and I loved discovering more about the palace.

I’m gonna be a grandad!

To my family, friends and all those reading/writerly people who have engaged with, encouraged, entertained and supported me over the last 12 months, I say thank you and have a very Happy New Year!

One way to hide a body!

Come join the merry band of writerly people.

I have just written a chapter which flows well, is humorous and conveys information to the reader. I am feeling pleased with my day’s efforts, which means I shall read it again tomorrow and hate it!

The garden was having a second flush until the weekend storms hit.

Sometimes a writer’s just gotta go out to explore, experience and discover. (Bodiam Castle and the K&ESR heritage railway.)

You don’t need to do a course to write a book but look at what can happen when you do. My three Kember & Hayes mysteries alongside those of my course colleagues. Siya Turabi, Elliot Sweeney, Rosanna Pike Pike and Bonnie Garmus.

Before getting back to my writing desk, a few photos of nature’s bounty in my garden.

Out for a metal detecting taster day yesterday and was delighted to find a (very corroded) old coin.

32 years to the day that I married Jane, my soul mate forever.

Northern Lights over Rochester.

I’ve waited a long time for this and have just started reading it. It’s brilliant as a read on its own but a must for all crime writers too!

A very useful tool in my writing today.

Four stars on Goodreads! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ And my books are on offer across the Amazon realm right now! 📚

I do love my A Scandal in Bohemia artwork.

Christmas present - done. (Who doesn’t love a Poirot puzzle?) Now back to editing!

And now for the paper edit. Getting there - slowly!

Just started this great Christmas present in the evenings to take my mind off the writing/editing day.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Medway sunset.